Jacob Carter, mentored by Joy Ward, was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. He will be working for the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response as a climate change policy consultant and research assistant.

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